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[birger]

On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 10:15 -0500, James Laska wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 11:43 +0100, birger wrote:
> > Tried installing from the x86_64 DVD image on a HP BL460c G1 blade
> > system. The ISO file is mounted as a virtual DVD through the HP
> > management software.
> > 
> > System has 2x36GB SAS drives set up in RAID 1.
> > I tried both ordinary install and 'with basic video driver'.
> > Both start off in text mode, asking me about language, keyboard and
> > location of install image. I am booting from the DVD iso image, so it
> > shouldn't have to ask me where to find the image? 
> 
> That's unexpected, if you boot the DVD with no additional boot
> arguments, the only text-mode prompt you should get is whether you want
> to validate your media.  Do you see any messages on tty3 or tty4 that
> might indicate why it's prompting you for an installation source?

I do not get prompted to validate the media. I dump directly to the
'Choose a language' screen in text mode.

tty3 only says:
11:36:36,699 ERROR   : got to setupCdrom without a CD device


tty4 among other things says:
NOTICE kernel:scsi 0:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HP       Virtual DVD-ROM
PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
...
WARN kernel:sr0 scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy
INFO kernel:Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
DEBUG kernel:sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
NOTICE kernel:sr 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5

could it be a timing problem?

there is also a message saying
INFO kernel:fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device

> > When I press F2 to
> > select a non-listed device the installer crashes with a SIGSEGV.
> 
> Can you file a bug with a screenshot of the SIGSEGV output please?
> Sounds like this may impact the iSCSI test case [1] (in text-mode)

The crash happens in /sbin/loader.
I have created a bug and will soon upload a screenshot.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567939

birger